Table 3.
PHA and fatty acid content (%) of R. jostii RHA1 after cultivation in MSM0.1 with different carbon sources*.
| Glucose | Gluconate | Acetate | 3HB | Hexadecane | Hexadecane + hexadecanol | |
| PHA | 2.2 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 5.8 | tr | tr |
| 3HB | 20.0 | 15.3 | 32.9 | 27.3 | nd | nd |
| 3HV | 80.0 | 84.7 | 67.1 | 72.7 | tr | tr |
| Fatty acids | 48.4 | 56.9 | 21.2 | 32.5 | 30.4 | 7.0 |
| C14:0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| C15:0 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 | nd | nd |
| C16:0 | 31.0 | 35.5 | 34.6 | 38.4 | 62.6 | 76.5 |
| C16:1 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 29.5 | 17.2 |
| C17:0 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | nd | nd |
| C17:1 | 14.8 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 1.0 | nd |
| C18:0 | 9.3 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 12.3 | nd | nd |
| C18:1 | 17.3 | 16.2 | 24.8 | 23.6 | 1.3 | nd |
* Total PHA and Fatty acids are expressed as % of cellular dry weight. Relative proportions of individual PHAs and fatty acids are expressed as % (w/w). Abbreviations: nd, not detected; tr, traces.